History of the English Language

[Terpe]

History of the English Language (1943)

[imagine]

I have just watched the vid, interesting!

[Michael Parnham]

Found it really enjoyable and educational, we were never taught this at school. Good find Peter, thank you!

[Dedworth]

Nice one Terpe

I like these old "newsreel" type films. There's some from the same era just been put online here :-

http://vimeo.com/album/2895588

[Arthur Little]

Nice one Terpe

I like these old "newsreel" type films. There's some from the same era just been put online here :-

http://vimeo.com/album/2895588

... relics from the 1940s ... like me!

[dontpushme]

Great find! I love old newsreel type films too. I must admit I keep getting distracted by the mental image of the narrator with a literal stiff upper lip.

[Dedworth]

Great find! I love old newsreel type films too. I must admit I keep getting distracted by the mental image of the narrator with a literal stiff upper lip.

You are right about the narrator, I always think it's the same fella does them all from 1930 - 1970

Loads of clips here - http://www.britishpathe.com/

[fred]

Cock! Pear!

[Terpe]

Cock! Pear!

I very nearly spat out my coffee when 'Cock' suddenly sprang out from nowhere, especially with that extraordinary intonation

[fred]

I very nearly spat out my coffee when 'Cock' suddenly sprang out from nowhere, especially with that extraordinary intonation

I spat out a perfectly good mouthful of Rum!!

Good find.. Thank you!

[johncar54]

The same video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJiHmR85cU. It has full width frames.

Thanks Terpe very interesting. I seem to remember it when it was first shown; I was 3 !!!!